Where do burgers come from?

When you eat a burger, do you ever wonder where all the different ingredients have come from? They might well have started off on the other side of the world, travelling thousands of kilometres by plane, train and lorry to reach your plate.

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The Bun

The Bun

The flour to make the bun might have come from wheat grown in vast fields in Canada.

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Did you know?

Because of the water needed to grow crops to feed the cows, it can take up to 15,000 litres of water to produce 1 kilogram of beef!

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The Meat

The Meat

The beef may well have come from a cow that grazed on Irish pastures.

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The Cheese

The Cheese

The cheese could have been made from the milk of dairy cows in the USA.

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The Burger

The Burger

Lots of resources and fuel might have been used to produce your burger.